What’s It Like To Be Queer In England? with Travis Alabanza

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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Self-improvement, Education, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Writer and performer Travis Alabanza joins Jonathan on this week’s Curious Now to talk about some of the differences between club culture in the U.S. and U.K., some current issues facing the LGBTQIA+ community, and how they hope we can all come to see gender nonconformity. Travis Alabanza is an award-winning writer, performer, and theater maker. After being the youngest recipient of the Artist-in-Residency program at Tate Galleries, Alabanza’s debut show Burgerz toured internationally to sold-out performances in London, São Paulo, and Berlin, and won the Edinburgh Fringe Total Theatre Award. You can follow Travis on Instagram and Twitter @travisalabanza, and the Feminist Press on Instagram and Twitter @feministpress. Their memoir None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary is available now via Feminist Press or wherever books are sold. For more information on the news stories we covered this week, head to @curiouswithjvn on Instagram. You can go to iwillvote.com for more information on polling locations and voting in your area! Tune in next Monday for another episode of our other new series Pretty Curious, all about beauty—and every Wednesday for an all-new episode of Getting Curious. Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious, Curious Now, and Pretty Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our producer is Chris McClure. Our associate producer is Allison Weiss. Our engineer is Nathanael McClure. Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Regular listeners of How to Fail will know how obsessed I am with reality television and that's why I'm so excited that I get to talk to you about the return of one of my favorite shows.
0:09.5	Van der Popp rules is back for a brand new season on Hey You and well there's a lot to unpack.
0:16.8	I'm frothing with excitement because the Pump Rules gang is back on our screens with new episodes
0:22.0	dropping the same day as the US on Hey You. You.
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0:25.3	because with a show this hot, nobody wants spoilers.
0:28.3	To sign up to Hey You today, just visit Hey You.com.
0:32.1	That's H-A-Y-U-D-C-O-C-O-C-O-C-O-C-E-U-D-C-O-C-E-E-U-T-C-E-E-E-T-E-E-T-E-E-U-T-E-T-E-O-G-T-O-G-T-O and you can thank me later. Book Book. lines. So, Welcome to Curious Now, Curious Now, I'm Jonathan Van Ness and every other week I sit down with a brilliant expert to go beyond the headlines.
1:12.0	Today, we're speaking with Travis Alabanza. down with a brilliant expert to go beyond the headlines.
1:12.8	Today, we're speaking with Travis Alabansa.
1:15.2	If you don't know Travis Alabansa,
1:17.4	I don't know what you're doing with your life, first of all,
1:19.6	but they are an award-winning writer, performer,
1:22.1	theater maker, not to mention one of my dear friends.
1:25.4	Their new book, None of the Above,
1:27.1	is out in the United States this month.
1:30.0	We talked all about the issues
1:31.2	that LGBTQI plus community
1:33.0	are facing in the United Kingdom,
1:34.7	club culture in the United States versus the UK,
1:36.8	and how fashion can be a protest for queer people everywhere.
1:40.4	That conversation is coming up next, but first, let's head over to our news desk.
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